NEWS Lockheed Unveils Longer-Endurance Fury UAV
Lockheed Martin has tweaked the design of the flying wing-shaped Fury unmanned air vehicle (UAV) as it pursues contracts from US special operations forces and the international market Link
NEWS Claims have being made that MH370 flew to the Antartica and crashed
Claims made by NZ have said the MH370 B772 made three turns before it disappeared of radar and headed towards the Antarctica and maybe down on the ice some where. The claim comes to say the plane had flown a lot longer after it’s disappearance and could have gone south towards the harsh environment. I…
NEWS Japan's First Jet Airliner Is Still Shrouded In Misinformation
Recent reports that the Mitsubishi Regional Jet is scheduled to make it’s first flight this May were quietly squashed with a notice that this announcement was not from within the company. As the first test flight has already been pushed back three times, does this spreading misinformation point to even more delays? Link
NEWS Allegiant To Buy Six More Airbus A319s
Las Vegas, Nevada-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of “ultra” low-cost carrier Allegiant Air, has agreed to purchase six additional Airbus A319 aircraft, as part of a plan to increase its A320 family fleet from 14 to 44 by the end of 2018. Link
NEWS Iberia Express to launch Spanish summer holiday flights
The Iberia Group has revealed it will launch non-stop flights from London to Majorca and to Gran Canaria and in the Canary Islands through its subsidiary Iberia Express. At the start of the summer season the Spanish carrier will operate one daily flight to Palma, Majorca from Palma de Mallorca.
NEWS Heathrow Airport sees record passenger numbers in 2014
Heathrow Airport in London has reported its busiest year ever in the 12 months to December 31st, with 73.4 million passengers served, an increase of 1.4 per cent. However, with capacity limited at the airport, there was no real growth in flights last year. Heathrow also recorded a strong financial performance for the year, with…
NEWS WOW air takes delivery of two Airbus A321 aircraft for transatlantic routes
WOW air has purchased two new Airbus A321 aircraft on a finance lease for use on its transatlantic routes launching this spring to Boston and Washington DC. The largest of Airbus’ benchmark A320 family of aircraft, the A321 offers airlines the best seat-mile costs of any single-aisle aircraft, with an extra-long cabin that provides for…
NEWS bmi regional launches three new routes out of Bristol Airport
bmi regional is launching three new routes to Paris, Düsseldorf and Nantes, bringing the number of routes served by bmi regional from Bristol to eight, alongside Aberdeen, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt and Milan. Robert Sinclair, chief executive at Bristol Airport, said: “These new flights will strengthen links to key markets in France and Germany for business…
NEWS Thomas cook B753 near Budapest, smoke in flight deck
B753 by markyharky (license CC by) A Thomas Cook Boeing 757-300, registration G-JMAA performing flight MT-1125 from Sofia (Bulgaria) to London Gatwick,EN (UK) with 280 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 100nm south of Budapest when the crew declared PAN reporting “smoke in the flight deck” and decided to divert to Budapest. While…
NEWS ATSB commissioner Martin Dolan is confident they will locate MH370 soon.
Breaking News”. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau commissioner Martin Dolan who is in charge of the operation of finding the missing Boeing 777-200 belonging to MAS, Which it’s ANNIVERSARY OF March 8 2014 is nearing with the missing 289 passengers an crew aboard. He said the mystery surrounding the complete absence of debris from the…